3D Mount Vernon

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Mount Vernon was George Washington's home for nearly fifty years, spanning his life as farmer, general, and first president of the United States. We are developing a 3D world depicting Mount Vernon as it was during Washington's life. It will be a new subsite at www.mountvernon.org, with an interactive treasure hunt where players (children, primarily) can explore the mansion and grounds and talk to George and Martha Washington and others who lived and worked at Mount Vernon. (The "Bombarding Yorktown" game will be a mini-game within this subsite as well.)

Below are some furniture pieces that will be featured items in the interior rooms of our 3D Mount Vernon.

thanks!
Dave

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Models should be realistic in size and form. Textures should be somewhat stylized. Please follow the style set by these examples of the Mount Vernon mansion house exterior:

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Sideboard, will be placed in the Large Dining Room in the Mount Vernon mansion.

About 500 polygons
Texture: 512x512 (one texture, one material)

Dimensions: 37 in. x 71 in. x 27 in. (95.57 cm x 180.66 cm x 67.79 cm)

More info about the Sideboard the Mount Vernon site, for the curious. (http://emuseum.mountvernon.org/code/emuseum.asp?collection=13&collectionname=Top%20100&style=single&currentrecord=87&page=collection&profile=objects&searchdesc=Top%20100&action=collection&currentrecord=88)

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Swiveling chair (aka "uncommon chair"), will be placed in George Washington's study in the 3D Mount Vernon mansion.

About 1,000 polygons
Texture: 512x512 (one texture, one material)

Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 in. (92.71 cm)
Overall (Seat): 17 1/2 in. x 24 3/4 in. x 24 1/8 in. (44.45 cm x 62.87 cm x 61.28 cm)

On April 17, 1790, Washington paid New York cabinetmaker Thomas Burling £7 for this ingeniously-engineered "Uncommon Chair." It combines the sleek, contemporary design of a French begère en gondole (or barrel-back upholstered armchair) with a unique swivel mechanism that allows the circular seat to rotate on four bone rollers. Washington must have found the chair to be ergonomically pleasing, as he used it throughout his presidency and for the remainder of his life. Following his return to Mount Vernon in March 1797, he placed it in his Study along with the tambour secretary he acquired from John Aitken in Philadelphia.